Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

29 May 2024

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				28 May 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				3 1/3p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			12,922,095	2.23%	5,884,843	1.02%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,916,374	0.33%	12,975,941	2.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			14,838,469	2.56%	18,860,784	3.26%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		57,483		1.8360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		48,578		1.8259  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		19,237		1.8359  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		14,631		1.8277  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,692		1.8271  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,544		1.8290  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,946		1.8288  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,800		1.8327  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,519		1.8252  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,492		1.8260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,132		1.8282  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		95		1.8280  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		148,867		1.8360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		102,963		1.8344  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		17,108		1.8303  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13,111		1.8250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,372		1.8269  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,593		1.8272  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,519		1.8254  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,210		1.8284  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		838		1.8260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		730		1.8270  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		408		1.8276  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		865		1.8354  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		708	1.8260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,118	1.8278  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,222	1.8360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,353	1.8277  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,801	1.8269  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,094	1.8359  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,111	1.8250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		85,972	1.8338  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		95	1.8280  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,132	1.8282  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,800	1.8327  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,402	1.8290  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,755	1.8296  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,333	1.8283  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,970	1.8335  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,589	1.8360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,573	1.8259  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,631	1.8277  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,005	1.8259  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				29 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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